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Perfecting Security Interests in Intellectual Property Is Not a Perfect Process
By Robert J. Lenihan, II and Allen E. Pittoors In 1962, Michigan slightly revised, and then adopted, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The UCC governs commercial transactions. Article 9 of the UCC generally relates to secured transactions and governs the perfection of security interests in personal property. Although the UCC does not specifically
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